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What Causes Severe Soreness And Itchiness In The Vagina?

I am a 52 year old woman-I saw the Dr. a couple of weeks for a sinus infection and got an antibiotic which I think is causing me to have occasional diahhrea and my butt hurts and my vaginal is itching and sore. Should I quit taking the antibiotic? Should I see the Dr? I have taking pepto bismo and used preparation H wipes.
Wed, 18 Feb 2015
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Hi,
I understand your concern.
Yes, your guess is correct, some antibiotics do have a side effect of causing loose motions.
Similarly while attacking the disease causing bacterias, many a times antibiotics also kill good strains of bacterias in our body- which are protecting us. Thus antibiotics facilitate growth of vaginal infections Sp. yeast infection & this creates itching/white discharge/ burning.
* Please do not stop the antibiotic abruptly,visit your doctor, let him decide weather to stop antibiotic or to substitute it.
* yest infection needs to be confirmed by a gynecological examination/ vaginal swab test- followed by specific treatment for both sex partners.
Thanks.
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What Causes Severe Soreness And Itchiness In The Vagina?

Hi, I understand your concern. Yes, your guess is correct, some antibiotics do have a side effect of causing loose motions. Similarly while attacking the disease causing bacterias, many a times antibiotics also kill good strains of bacterias in our body- which are protecting us. Thus antibiotics facilitate growth of vaginal infections Sp. yeast infection & this creates itching/white discharge/ burning. * Please do not stop the antibiotic abruptly,visit your doctor, let him decide weather to stop antibiotic or to substitute it. * yest infection needs to be confirmed by a gynecological examination/ vaginal swab test- followed by specific treatment for both sex partners. Thanks.